DESPICABLE me 3
Gru, Dru and Minions too
released OUT NOW! 2017 | U | Blu-ray (4K/3d/standard)/ dVd/download
Directors Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, eric Guillon
Cast steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove
Your view of the Despicable Me films will often come down to what you think of the Minions – adorable bumbling sidekicks, or irritating meme-generators? If it’s the latter, don’t worry, as there’s surprisingly little of them in this third film. If it’s the former you’ll likely find their rendition of “I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General” the highlight.
After gaining three daughters in the first film and a wife in part two, Gru gets a twin brother. The villain is the brilliantly OTT, ’80s-inspired Balthazar Bratt (Trey Parker). It’s a retread of the themes we’ve seen throughout the series: the importance of family, the obsessive bad guy, the hilarious (maybe) Minion antics, and while they’re all starting to feel a little tired it’s still plenty of fun. It’s a shame the girls and Lucy take a bit of a back seat, though, with B-plots about unicorns and Lucy’s issues with parenting feeling disconnected from the “real” story about Dru and Bratt.
Extras Mini-movie “The Secret Life Of Kyle” (four minutes); deleted scene; “Minion moments”; character profiles; Making Of (seven minutes); “Developing Dru” piece; Anti-Villain League briefing; Freedonia visitors’ guide; three infomercials; music video; sing-along video.
Rhian Drinkwater
Margo’s shirt has a picture of the Grinch on it – a reference to Illumination’s upcoming How The Grinch Stole Christmas.